The Real War on Christians
The plight of Egypt’s Copts grows worse.
December 19, 2016
Reviving the Music of the Last Jewish Record Label Left Standing Under Nazi Rule
Bringing Jewish music back from the ashes of Kristallnacht.
In 1932, Hirsch Levin founded Semer Records, a label devoted to producing and preserving the music of Jewish Berlin. Six years later, on Kristallnacht, the Nazis burned 4,500 of Semer’s records, subsequently destroying all of its master recordings and murdering most of its artists. For nearly 50 years, this music was thought lost until, scouring the globe for surviving records, a German musicologist successfully reconstituted much of Semer’s catalogue.
December 19, 2016
The Next Ambassador to Israel Isn’t a Traditional Diplomat—And?
He’ll be on the same page as his boss, and that can only be a good thing.
After Visiting Israel, a South African Activist No Longer Thinks it’s an Apartheid State
“My views on BDS have changed drastically.”
Reviving the Music of the Last Jewish Record Label Left Standing Under Nazi Rule
Bringing Jewish music back from the ashes of Kristallnacht.
The King Who Deposed the Maccabees and Renovated the Temple
Herod’s ambivalent relationship with Judaism.